What is Incontinence?

What is Incontinence?

Incontinence refers to a loss of control over a personal function. The two main types are urinary incontinence and fecal incontinence. ...more »

• Incontinence: The loss of control of ones bowel and or bladder function.
• Incontinence: involuntary urination or defecation.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Incontinence: Introduction

Types of Incontinence:

Types of Incontinence:

• Fecal incontinence
• Bladder incontinence
• more types...»

Broader types of Incontinence:

• Bladder conditions
• Urinary disorders
• Anal conditions
• Anorectal disorders
• Rectal conditions
• Bowel conditions
• Colon conditions
• Digestive conditions
• Pelvic conditions
• Urinary system conditions
• Senior health conditions
• more types...»

How serious is Incontinence?

Complications of Incontinence: see complications of Incontinence

What causes Incontinence?

Causes of Incontinence: see causes of Incontinence
Risk factors for Incontinence: see risk factors for Incontinence

What are the symptoms of Incontinence?

Symptoms of Incontinence: see symptoms of Incontinence

Complications of Incontinence: see complications of Incontinence

Incontinence: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Incontinence.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Incontinence.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Incontinence: see treatments for Incontinence
Research for Incontinence: see research for Incontinence

Society issues for Incontinence

Hospitalization statistics for Incontinence: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Incontinence:

• 0.016% (2,051) of hospital consultant episodes were for faecal incontinence in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 96% of hospital consultant episodes for faecal incontinence required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 29% of hospital consultant episodes for faecal incontinence were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 71% of hospital consultant episodes for faecal incontinence were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• more statistics...»

Organs Affected by Incontinence:

Organs and body systems related to Incontinence include:

• Urinary
• Bladder
• Bowel
• Rectum
• Anus

Name and Aliases of Incontinence

Main name of condition: Incontinence

Incontinency
Source - WordNet 2.1

Incontinence: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Incontinence:

• Urinary incontinence
• Stress incontinence
• Stress urinary incontinence
• SUI
• Urge incontinence
• Overflow incontinence
• Mixed incontinence
• Reflex incontinence
• Foley catheter
• Decompensated bladder
• Detrusor instability
• Q-tip test

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